China and the Allies - Vol. 1

Nearing Tung-chow--Japanese artillery--A cut in the river
bank--A midnight attack--Home-made guns--Gate blown up
--A Deputation--Suicides--The British naval guns--Business
as usual--An unlucky beggar--Severed heads--A faithful little
dog--A well-earned rest--The advance-guard on a reconnaissance--A conference of the Allied Generals--To march at once
on Pekin.

WHILE the other troops took advantage of the day's rest at
Chang-chia-wan, the Japanese advance-guard pushed on
ahead, and at 1 P.M. was again fighting the enemy, with
whom they had caught up, and who was running before
them. In this race they had reached within 3,000 yards of
Tung-chow, when they perceived with spy-glasses a great
number of Chinese soldiers on the city wall and outside
the town. The Japanese artillery was brought up 1,000
yards from the city, and shelled the enemy till four o'clock in
the afternoon. There seemed, however, to be no sign that
an effective resistance would be offered.

On nearing Tung-chow we found that the Chinese had in
one place cut a ditch across the bank of the river, so as to
inundate the country. They had succeeded to a certain
extent. In the photograph here reproduced Japanese sappers can be seen hard at work to prevent the flow of water.
Their efforts, after some hour's struggle, were rewarded with

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